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Add Data widget
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<p id="GUID-5A3F7A62-0607-441B-B191-01D77E5E2DEF">The Add Data widget enables end users to search for layers through
<span purpose="ph" varid="ArcGISOnline">ArcGIS Online</span> or <span purpose="ph" varid="PortalForArcGIS">Portal for ArcGIS</span>, or enter URLs to add data on
the map.
In this way, layers are temporarily added to the map and  cannot be saved in the  map.</p><div class="section1" id="GUID-9DE7CD3B-9A24-43ED-86AB-3E30356B533E" purpose="section1"><h2>Configuring 
the Add Data widget</h2><p id="GUID-87C3EE49-9EA2-4266-B4FD-DD30C8CD8B10">
 The Add Data  widget can be set to open automatically when apps start. To do so, click the dot on the widget to change it to dark green.
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<div class="wfsteps" purpose="wfsteps"><h4></h4><div class="steps" id="GUID-059363AF-3A62-430D-9C8E-2EB97202EF9D"><div class="step_title">Steps:</div><ol><li purpose="step" id="GUID-7CF9CD3A-F82D-4966-B11F-61CDB963EEC8">
<span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-0CFD5DE8-EB50-4A3A-87A7-5F983662162B">
 Hover over the widget and click the small edit icon <img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Edit" title="Edit" src="03w3/GUID-31D329BD-BC73-4BBE-AE1D-3A1261BF912A-web.png">. The configuration window for this widget opens.
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</li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_189CBB131C294ACBBEAF882D3BD27094"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-CE2B0305-59C2-44C7-AC6D-B3662E3D2B1A">Optionally click  <span class="uicontrol">change widget icon</span> and replace it with your own image.</span><div class="info" purpose="info"><p id="GUID-CEF5B9EE-1AAF-448E-99B1-0AB941C28176">A file explorer window opens, allowing you to select a local image file to use as the widget icon.</p></div></li>
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Use the following options to control the search scope  in <span purpose="ph" varid="ArcGISOnline">ArcGIS Online</span> or <span purpose="ph" varid="PortalForArcGIS">Portal for ArcGIS</span>.
Replace the default labels, if necessary.</span>
<ul purpose="choices" id="ESRI_CHOICES_895A78B96B9B432AB27A4A9F07B9465B"><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_2389E264E0A042E29332DEE4699E69AC"><span class="uicontrol">Allow My Content</span>—Search for the private data owned by the end user.</li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_FF9D8ED58917415B976826CC0F9E4AD7"><span class="uicontrol">Allow My Organization</span>—Search for the data shared within the organization.</li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_FFA72E9000FB467585B666228F58196F"><span class="uicontrol">Allow ArcGIS Online</span>—Search for the data publicly available though <span purpose="ph" varid="ArcGISOnline">ArcGIS Online</span>. </li></ul></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_332A784E794141C797DDA4CC07F773C4"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-3ADD1119-476D-42C5-8DC6-89E3881D2DB6"> Change the number of items per page for the search result. By   default, this is 30. </span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_2DC6703A874546489D4ABE3F6BE45993"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-59FDDA5E-A174-4508-91B2-68A395E0B196">Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span> to save the configuration.</span></li>
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<div class="section1" id="ESRI_SECTION1_32BCF64BC65245ADAE6D7EEE03A133B6" purpose="section1"><h2>Using the Add Data widget</h2></div><div class="wfsteps" purpose="wfsteps"><h4></h4><div class="steps" id="ESRI_STEPS_18DF4935C23A4569AB459BA25A6DD277"><div class="step_title">Steps:</div><ol><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_68A4CEC456EB469B9B70B8DDD62517A0"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-04E767CF-3DCD-452A-BEAB-D8402B2260DB">Under <span class="uicontrol">Search</span> tab, choose the scope you want to search, click <span class="uicontrol">ADD</span> on a specific  item to add the layer on the map. The added layer will show in the Layer List widget as well.  Click <span class="uicontrol">REMOVE</span> to remove the layer from the map and Layer List. You can also click <span class="uicontrol">DETAILS</span> to get information for  the layer.</span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_464B2A865B344B92A73BAEF007F919C8"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-45317B04-01C8-4BA7-836D-FDF62710F040">Alternatively, click the magnifying glass icon to search layers.</span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_6AE10BEBFB204E8698F929FE5285951F"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-8D3CDAD0-98D1-4691-AD97-5BAF0205D481">Click <img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Search within the map area" title="Search within the map area" src="03w3/GUID-00DD3C31-EA90-4BD0-A269-312CB31D5B6F-web.png"> to only search layers within the map area. Clicking it turns the icon to red so you can  search all layers in the scope. </span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_1E6A03621CAE4D85962912A7A1E16C48"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-8CA1E8EE-EA91-491F-A8EE-2A4FF9FF66E9">Click <img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Search layer type and item sorting" title="Search layer type and item sorting" src="03w3/GUID-D3AF065D-58BF-4C55-9F63-2320601A4EB8-web.png">  to refine the type of search layer and sort the items. </span><ul purpose="choices" id="ESRI_CHOICES_E18549719A3D48C9A795950F1899124F"><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_CAD6EF462A0A4FC2B55025BD0CF6E070"> Click the <span class="uicontrol">Type</span> drop-down list to search layers based on map service, feature service, image service, vector tile service,  KML, or  WMS.</li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_7F656A5A471E443681EC3257C383D9A4">Click the <span class="uicontrol">Sort By</span> dropdown list to  sort items by relevance, title, owner, rating, views, or date.</li></ul></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_F26AC83C9F45450F9EBFD49675DACB06"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-573E1B0B-1B74-44C5-931A-E0B53D685138">To add layers by URLs, click the <span class="uicontrol">Enter A URL</span> tab next to the <span class="uicontrol">Search</span> tab. Choose a type and enter the URL. Click <span class="uicontrol">ADD</span> to add the data on the map. The added layer will show in the Layer List widget as well. The following types are supported through the URL:</span><ul purpose="choices" id="ESRI_CHOICES_FEE167E6BBCA4338879360F550379AF5"><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_A1174B845CC540D2851E95C3E951EC33">ArcGIS server web service</li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_260D4B35076F4CE682FCBE3AAF988840">WMS OGC web service</li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_81DCA3E3827146EEBDCFEE6B8B4C562B">KML</li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_F6C412A1766F42EDA2308B9986BD1B07">GeoRSS</li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_930149D0CE8142FDB098FBA882D357C0">CSV<div class="notes" id="GUID-AD622C5C-4FCE-493A-B6E8-B240E2359399"><div class="note"><img class="note_img" src="rsrc/note.png" alt="Note" title="Note"><span>Note:</span></div><div class="tipbody"><p id="GUID-F9E8EB3E-F932-4F7A-A5D9-BFB3E809496C">See <a class="xref" target="_blank" rel="http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/use/csv-gpx.htm" href="http://server.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/use/csv-gpx.htm">CSV format information</a>.</p></div></div></li></ul></li><div class="stepinfo" purpose="stepinfo"><div class="notes" id="GUID-BBE88225-765C-4F90-8C09-AA86002408E0"><div class="caution"><img class="note_img" src="rsrc/caution.png" alt="Caution" title="Caution"><span>Caution:</span></div><div class="tipbody">Unlike layers added by <span class="uicontrol">Search</span>,  the layers added by URLs cannot be removed from the map unless the app gets refreshed. </div></div></div><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_4C5075337FEE4D3DAC5D7908DB5BF401"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-DD2CE2CE-956A-48C1-8975-C04E77BC022E">Click <span class="uicontrol">Sample URL(s)</span> to see the URL format for each type. </span></li></ol></div></div>
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